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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Three of the coins below are genuine 1909-S, and one has an added mintmark. Can you decide which--obvious or not?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Going to take a stab at it and say...no2 |
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Rest in Peace
United States
4849 Posts |
I was thinking no. 2 also. The seriffs don't look right and the body looks too wide.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
Looks like we have a consensus! #2 is the fake.  Edited by DVCollector
09/19/2009 2:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, I would agree with #2, for me it just looks too perfect if that makes sense
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
I'm going to say #1, the mint mark surface looks different then the coin surface.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
#2 was attributed by Rick Snow as an S-2 with an added mintmark.
The other 3 are certified coins from Heritage auctions.
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New Member
United States
38 Posts |
#2's MM doesn't look like the other three so that's an obvious giveaway.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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How does one add a mintmark to a coin. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Good Question SHAFTA9a. That might be a good subject for a new topic. However, I'm sure that has been covered before. We just missed it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
#2 is fake! Not only is the MM different from the other 3, if you look at the area around the MM on #2, you can see an almost square area that looks different from the rest of the coin. Like surface was either prepared for the application of the MM or cleaning up afterwards.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i know nothing at all about this series so I really have no clue I was going to say number 4 but after I cheated and read ratman4762 post I will say number 2 as well
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Course, there's also that attribution by Mr. Snow  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I said #1, I was looking at this photo:   I did this for a little humor, this is not the photo you should be judging. Edited by bill069
09/22/2009 1:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
if you look at the area around the MM on #2, you can see an almost square area that looks different from the rest of the coin. Like surface was either prepared for the application of the MM or cleaning up afterwards. There's also the possibility it was 'chased', where they take a small amount of metal from the surrounding area and create the shape they need from that. I've heard that's one way they do it, but I've never seen an actual coin where that has been done. |
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Posted 09/19/2009 2:15 pm
